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TIL that only Somalia, South Sudan, and the US have not signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

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rony TIL That the Bank of Oklahoma Building Has The Same Design As The Original World Trade Centre Buildings Though It Is Half The Length And Does Not Have a Twin.
yQprv TIL a small-scale nuclear war with each side using 50 Hiroshima-sized nuclear bombs would disrupt the global climate for a decade. The result would be 5 million metric tons of soot released into the stratosphere & up to 70% loss of the ozone layer.
GYeW4 TIL that in 2015 a Texas man was hospitalized after trying to kill an armadillo. After shooting at the armadillo three times with a .38 revolver, one of the bullets ricocheted off the animal and hit him in the face. The armadillo was not found by the police after the incident.
dDLRj TIL that a man damaged a levy during the 93 flood of the Mississippi River, flooding 57 sq km, in order to delay his wife’s return so he could continue to party.
1ad9V TIL Martin Van Buren is presently the only US President who spoke English as a second language.